Despite an uplifting victory on Monday, stringing together consecutive wins continues to elude the Ducks.

Their shootout victory over Nashville - one of the league's best teams - appeared to give the Ducks renewed life and confidence. It was a bounce back performance following an embarrassing 5-1 loss at home to Minnesota last Friday. However, any sort of momentum they might have had entering their game tonight against the Vegas Golden Knights was halted in a 5-0 defeat to their Pacific Division rivals. They allowed a power-play goal after committing a penalty midway through their own man advantage at the end of the first period. Next came two even-strength goals before the midway mark of the second period, the first coming just 25 seconds into the period on an odd-man rush. Then, Vegas scored a shorthanded goal to add salt to the wound to put the Ducks in four-goal hole.

Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler was struck in the face with a puck on Monday night vs. Nashville. A CT scan revealed a complex right facial fracture involving the orbital bone, cheekbone and upper jaw bone. Fowler will have surgery Friday, after which his expected absence will be known and announced.

The Ducks have recalled center Sam Carrick from the San Diego Gulls, Anaheim's primary development affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL).

Ducks forwards Patrick Eaves and Ben Street spent last Thursday morning focused on puck movement and skating drills during a morning practice at Honda Center, but in the afternoon their concentration shifted to Chester's loyalty to the Icehogs.  

Could the 2-1 shootout victory on Monday be the turning point of the season for the Ducks? It was, after all, arguably their most complete performance of the season - a 60-plus minute workmanlike approach that resulted in a much-needed victory over the one of the league's top teams. For a club that needed something - anything - to get them back on track, perhaps that performance reinforced the belief that when the Ducks are on their game, they can beat anyone.

The Ducks have recalled defenseman Andy Welinski from the San Diego Gulls, Anaheim's primary development affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL).

When Jason Marshall makes the occasional visit to Honda Center these days, it's not the sight of Ducks flying around the ice, the reuniting with old friends or the roar of the crowd that gets him reminiscing about his playing days.

"Of all things, I think it's more the smell," Marshall says. "Coming down the ramp and walking down this hallway, it brings back memories. You remember back in the day when you were excited to play and nervous and going through all of those emotions."

ANAHEIM - In what has been a rocky first month, tonight's victory is unquestionably the Ducks' best of the season thus far.

Anaheim's 2-1 shootout triumph over the visiting Predators in front of a boisterous Honda Center crowd handed NHL-best Nashville its first road loss of the year after reeling off eight in a row. It was also an impressive bounce back for the Ducks from a disheartening 5-1 loss suffered three nights ago.

Postgame Notes
Anaheim 2 vs. Nashville 1 SO
Nov. 12, 2018
Honda Center
8-8-3, 19 points

The Ducks concluded their three-game homestand with a 2-1 shootout victory over the Nashville Predators. Rickard Rakell recorded his first career game-deciding goal in the shootout and improved to 7-for-20 in his career (35.0%). Pontus Aberg opened the shootout with his first career shootout goal in his second career attempt.

The Ducks have recalled center Kalle Kossila from the San Diego Gulls, Anaheim's primary development affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL). In addition, Anaheim has assigned center Isac Lundestrom to San Diego.